On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:08:18PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On December 6, 2006 9:42:41 PM -0500 Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:52:50PM -0600, john Mish III wrote:
> >>I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root
> >>or
--On December 6, 2006 9:42:41 PM -0500 Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:52:50PM -0600, john Mish III wrote:
I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root
or to root, and I don't know why.
$ su
su: not running setuid
Somehow your s
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:52:50PM -0600, john Mish III wrote:
> I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root or
> to root, and I don't know why.
> $ su
> su: not running setuid
Somehow your su application lost its setuid bit. Instead of blinding
chmodding it you may w
In the last episode (Apr 17), James Riendeau said:
> Thanks! I didn't think it was so simple, and I feel like a lunkhead
> for not thinking of that. I'm accustomed to being prompted for the
> user's password when I run su, even if it is blank (I've been
> spending way too much time on Mac OS X, I
Thanks! I didn't think it was so simple, and I feel like a lunkhead
for not thinking of that. I'm accustomed to being prompted for the
user's password when I run su, even if it is blank (I've been
spending way too much time on Mac OS X, I guess). I must have
clobbered only the root pass
On Monday, April 17, 2006 5:45 PM James Riendeau wrote:
>
> I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not
> prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the
> same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it
> drops to the
> # prompt. If not,
At 09:45 AM 4/17/2006, James Riendeau wrote:
I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not
prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the
same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it drops to the
# prompt. If not, it echos the BAD SU attempt er
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 07:42:17PM +0100, Remko Lodder wrote:
> Jez Hancock wrote:
>
> >On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote:
> >
> >>I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem
> >>to su to root while using my normal account.
> >>All I get is a m
Jez Hancock wrote:
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote:
I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem
to su to root while using my normal account.
All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help?
Try resetting the root password perhaps?
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote:
> I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem
> to su to root while using my normal account.
> All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help?
Try resetting the root password perhaps? See here:
http:
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote:
> I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem
> to su to root while using my normal account.
> All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help?
You need to be a member of the wheel group in order to us
Kevin Coles wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem
to su to root while using my normal account.
All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin Coles
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On Thursday 18 July 2002 11:06 am, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
| IMHO, "op" is far superior to "sudo."
Hmm . . . come to think of it, that's a little terse.
"op" is easy to configure, and it allows you give access to people not to
certain commands but to certain commands *only* with certain
IMHO, "op" is far superior to "sudo."
On Wednesday 17 July 2002 03:04 pm, Tom Limoncelli wrote:
| "Balaji, Pavan" wrote:
| > I wonder what exactly this means. I don't remember seeing any option for
| > creating/not-creating the wheel group while installation.
|
| It means "Install 'sudo' so that
Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> so you audited sudo, and found its source ok?
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sudo+security+vulnerability
It's better than a sharp stick in the eye.
--tal
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> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:04:25 -0400
> From: Tom Limoncelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: su to root
>
> "Balaji, Pavan" wrote:
>
> > I wonder what exactly this means. I don't remember seeing any option for
"Balaji, Pavan" wrote:
> I wonder what exactly this means. I don't remember seeing any option for
> creating/not-creating the wheel group while installation.
It means "Install 'sudo' so that you get tighter control over who can do
what, and much better logging."
:-)
I've known about sudo for a
ot;Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect... It just means that
you have decided to see beyond the imperfections" -- Rash
> -Original Message-
> From: Roman Neuhauser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:55 AM
> To: Gavin
> Cc:
> From: Gavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: su to root
> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:10:09 +0900
>
> I've just installed FreeBSD 4.5, and using some of my linux knowledge,
> I've tried to "su" to root from my user account, I've checked the
> online book and I cant seem to
On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 06:10:09PM +0900, Gavin wrote:
> I've just installed FreeBSD 4.5, and using some of my linux knowledge, I've
> tried to "su" to root from my user account, I've checked the online book and
> I cant seem to find anything about su-ing... I'm also using "Unix hints and
> HAC
You should be able to just type su and it will ask you the password for the
root account.
No need for the full path.
Brendan
> From: Gavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: Gavin's English School
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> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:10:09 +0900
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> S
The user needs to be part of the group "wheel" in order to have access
to su.
---Marius
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gavin
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 5:10 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: su to root
> Imp
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